Fastener.



PATENTED APR. 7, 1908.

G. A. CONRARD,

PASTENER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3. 1907.

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CHARLES A. CONRARD, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 3, 1907. Serial No. 376,957,

Patented April 7, 1908,.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. CoNRARn,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful 'Improvements in Fasteners, of which the following is a description, reference being had or the like, Without tying a knot and which may be released without injury to the cord grippingposition.

whereby the same may be used over again and again.

My invention consists in the arts and arran ements hereinafter shown, escribed and set orth in the claims! In the drawings which show by way of illustration, one embodiment of my invention; Figure 1 is a perspective iew showing a package having my fastener a plied there- Fig. 2 is a top plan view 0 the fastener showing the cord as it first passes through the fastener. Fig. 3, is a side view of the same. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, with the cord passed around the fastener and in Fig. 5, is'a sectional view through the fastener, showing in dotted lines, the upper late in tilted position.

' My improve fastener comprises a lower plate 1 which may be of any desired shape and which is provided with an opening 2, in

which is secured a cord 3. It is obvious that said cord may be secured in any other man-' ner to the plate 1. The plate 1 is also provided with an opening 4, through which ex- The shank of said smaller than the opening 4, so that while said rivet is held from disengagement with the plate 1, it may be tilted to one side of a line perpendicular to the plate 1. An upper plate 6 having anopening 7, is mounted upon the rivet 5-, and secured thereto by the usual Washer or head of said rivet. The opening 7, in the late 6, is made slightly larger than the b0 y of the rivet 5, so that said plate rivet as shown in may be tilted relative to the longitudinal axis of the rivet or relative to the lower plate 1. The distance between the two head's of the rivet, is such that the up er and lower" plates may be spaced from eac other. The parts are preferably so proportioned that when the upper plate 6 is tilted as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5, the cord 3, may be readily inserted between the upper and lower plates on the left hand side of the rivet as shown in Fig. '5. hen however, the upper plate is moved back to horizontal position by the continued wra ping of the cord about the Figs. 1 and 4, the cord will be firmly gripped on both sides of said rivet.

In the operation of my device, when wralpping a package such as shown in Fig. 1, t

plate 1 is laid upon the package and the upper plate 6 tilted along the line a3.a: of' Fig. 2, and the cord which has been passed around the package, is carried around the rivet on the left as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The upper and lower plates at this time, owing to the tilting of the same relative to each other, allow the cord to pass freely, and therefore,

the cord. may be drawn tightly around the package. The cord is then'passed transversely around the package and wra ped around the rivet on the opposite si e as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. The cord as it now passes between the plates 1 and 6, draws between the upper late and the cord which is previously passe securely gripped between said plates. cord may be passed again around the rivet between the upper and lower plates if desired, giving a still firmer lock to the cord. Then it is desired to release the cord, the end is grasped and turned in the opposite direction around the pivot. i

While I have shown both the upper and lower plates as having an opening larger than around the pivot, and is- The the pivot, it is obvious that if either oneof these plates is provided with a large openplates may be Having thus particularly described my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. .A fastener including in combination, a lower plate having an opening therein, a cord ea 884,313 l or the like secured to said plate, an upper plate having an opening therein, and a rivet 1n said opening and passing through said plates for securing the same together secur mg means carried byithe rivet and engaging the outer faces of said plates, said rivet being of less diameter than the opening in one of said plates, whereby the plates may be tilted plate having an opening therein, a rivet passmg through said 0 enings for securing said plates together, sai rivet being of less diameter than the openings insaid plates, whereby one of said plates may be tilted relative to the other. a v

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

. CHARLES A. CONRARD. Witnesses: t.

EUGENE G. MASON,

C. L. STURTEVANT, 

